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Cheers and Jeers for October 27

DKS Editors October 27, 2010

CheersCheers to what we hope is a fun and safe Halloween weekend.Cheers to recent discoveries regarding the May 4 shootings. Some call it old news, but we’re closer than we’ve ever been to knowing...

Boredom and Desire

Nicole Hennessy October 27, 2010

“That is what the world is coming to,” one of my roommates calmly proclaimed the other night, as if she had accepted whatever this statement was in context to before it was even relevant. I sat next...

Why college students lost faith in Obama

Andrew Clark October 27, 2010

A little under two weeks from Election Day, several things seem to be becoming fairly obvious. The majority of the American people have decided that President Barack Obama and the Democrats’ expensive...

What Kent State has done for me academically

Ben Wolford October 26, 2010

Last week, I wrote about some professors who have made Kent their home and made Kent State their university.They said, essentially, the community of educators and learners here is welcoming and suitable....

Our view: WikiLeaks leaves unanswered questions

DKS Editors October 26, 2010

After this weekend's The New York Times' exposé on WikiLeaks, many people are raising questions about founder Julian Assange and his apparent lack of ethical standards.WikiLeaks, the website where people...

Religious double standards

SarahBeth Caplin October 25, 2010

Walking to class last week, I passed by a display case in the Student Center filled with anti-theistic slogans on T-shirts, bumper stickers, pins and even pictures of what looked like protestors holding...

The May 4 Tape: What happens next?

William A. Gordon October 25, 2010

A new analysis of the recording of the May 4, 1970 killings at Kent State revealed that an FBI informant fired four shots 70 seconds before the Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on the students. This...

Our view: Haiti still needs our help

DKS Editors October 25, 2010

It’s sad to say, but most of us have forgotten about the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti in January.It happened so unexpectedly and we reacted so quickly that after a few months, our country figured...

It’s a vicious cycle

Molly Cahill October 25, 2010

As students, the part of our country’s budget we are immediately concerned with is educational spending. When funding to higher education is cut, we feel the effect of it pretty quickly. Our fees and...

‘Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man’

Matthew Colwell October 25, 2010

Lambasting the culture that surrounds you can garner some enemies. I can attest to this. It is built into our society to be blindly obedient. From constant religious pressures to continually stricter laws,...

Stories not to be forgotten

Patrick St. Pierre October 25, 2010

It was near Christmas, and most of the family was preparing for an evening out on the town. Two men were resting in the long arms of the chairs angled towards the fireplace. His voice held the strong conviction...

Make tuition credit permanent

Princeton Editorial Board October 25, 2010

In his 2011 budget proposal, President Barack Obama called on Congress to make the American Opportunity Tax Credit permanent. This provides a $2,500 college tuition tax credit to individuals whose modified...

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